Notable releases this week include new novels from Bret Easton Ellis, Matthew Salesses, and Grady Hendrix, as well as nonfiction by Mario Vargas Llosa and Colm Toibin. Also out this week is Windfall by Erika Bolstad, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2022: Fall/Winter anthology. 14 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-17 14 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-17 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief […]
The Complete Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer Available Now
Our newest free ebook Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer is packed with 55 pre-publication excerpts from major authors and exciting debuts. Our sampler is the ultimate way to prepare for the upcoming publishing season. For the trade editions — with publicity and marketing info, and click-throughs for full galleys, you can download through NetGalley or Edelweiss. The consumer editions of Buzz Books 2023: Spring/Summer are available now on all major ebook platforms, including Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple, and Google Play. Authors to be featured on our upcoming Buzz Books Editors Panel on Wednesday, January 25 are noted with an asterisk (Register here for the panel now). Here are all of the forthcoming books excerpted in the […]
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Marco Ausenda will step down as president and ceo of Rizzoli International Publications and Rizzoli Bookstores and become chairman of the boards. Stefano Peccatori will succeed him as president and ceo. Peccatori will also continue in his role as senior officer in Rizzoli’s Italian parent company Mondadori Libri.
Authors Talk: Stephen Markley
The Deluge (Simon & Schuster, January 10, 2023. Editor: Stuart Roberts. Agent: Susan Golomb, Writers House.) Stephen Markley is the acclaimed author of Ohio, which NPR called a “masterpiece.” A graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Markley’s other books include the memoir Publish This Book and the travelogue Tales of Iceland. How did you find your agent? She picked me out of the slush pile when she visited the Iowa Writers Workshop. I got a call from her nearly a year later saying basically, “Hey, I finally got around to reading your manuscript. I love it. It needs work. Are you ready for that?” […]
Harper Union to Host Second Rally
The Harper Collins Union will host another strike rally outside parent company News Corp’s offices at 1211 Avenue of Americas in Manhattan on January 18 at 12:30 PM. The action follows a rally on December 16, and will mark the 50th business day of work stoppage in the strike that began on November 10. Harper employees were required to return to the office this week under the company’s hybrid plan, which expects employees to work in-person two days per week. (Yesterday, ceo of News Corp Robert Thomson sent a memo to company staff urging them to return to the office.) […]